Inundated Freshwater Settings

Halligan, Jessi

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-4409-0_186

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“…According to the Florida Master Site File, there are 822 recorded archaeological sites in the Florida portion of the Aucilla Basin (Figure 1) which span the entire pre‐Columbian history of Florida from 14,550 BP (Halligan, 2016; Webb, 2006) until the arrival of the De Soto expedition in 1539, which purportedly crossed the river at an unknown location on its way to camp in what is now Tallahassee, Florida (Hudson, 1997). Seventy‐two of these sites contain components spanning ca.…”

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“…Page‐Ladson site plan view. Modified from Halligan et al (2016) [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

Section: Excavations At Four Sites In the Lower Aucillamentioning

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“…Excavations of inundated sites are needed to understand both site formation processes and what these sites can tell us about their past inhabitants. Inundated sites, especially those in freshwater settings, can also be much better preserved than contemporaneous sites in terrestrial settings, providing richer understanding of past lifeways and past environments (Halligan, 2016).…”

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Geoarchaeological framework of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene sites in the Aucilla River Basin, Northwest Florida, USA

Halligan

2020

Geoarchaeology

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The karstic Aucilla River of Northwest Florida is renowned for its well‐preserved late Pleistocene cultural material and Rancholabrean fauna. Much of this material was recovered by avocational SCUBA divers from displaced contexts in mid‐channel sinkholes, but underwater excavations into sediment banks on sink margins have demonstrated that faunal material and early artifacts can be recovered in situ from inundated terrestrial strata that contain dateable organics and microfossils useful for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Underwater environmental data document the transition of Aucilla River localities from isolated spring‐fed ponds into an inter‐connected fluvial system due to rising sea levels and climate amelioration with several major periods of sinkhole infilling during the late Quaternary. Late Pleistocene components on land are largely absent or are undateable; these components, located in a subtropical cypress swamp in shallow clay‐rich soils, tend to be less well‐preserved, but still contain a rich record of human use on the landscape.

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“…Page‐Ladson site plan view. Modified from Halligan et al (2016) [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

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